THE GUTENBERG REVOLUTION: A HISTORY OF INNOVATION

The Gutenberg Revolution: A History of Innovation

Johannes Gutenberg's invention of the printing press in the mid-15th century revolutionized the world. This groundbreaking mechanism enabled the mass production of texts, breaking the previous monopoly of knowledge held by the clergy. Before Gutenberg's invention, books were painstakingly transcribed by hand, making them rare and accessible only to

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The Great Boston Molasses Catastrophe

On a blustery afternoon in 1919, disaster befell Boston. A massive holding filled with sticky, sweet molasses ruptured sending a wall of of the thick liquid flowing through the streets. The power was catastrophic, flattening buildings and burying people in a treacly mass. Scores of people were fatally injured, and many more suffered. The city fac

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